Ch.11

Question 1

Auscultation

Answer 1

Listening for systolic and diastolic sounds through a stethoscope

Question 2

Baseline vital signs

Answer 2

Signs of life outward signs that give clues to what’s happening inside the body.

Question 3

Blood pressure

Answer 3

Pressure that is exerted on the walls of the arteries by the blood flowing through them

Question 4

Bradycardia

Answer 4

Heart rate less than 60 bpm

Question 5

Capillary refill

Answer 5

The time it takes for compressed capillaries to fill up again with blood

Question 6

Chief complaint

Answer 6

Reason why the EMS crew was called to the scene

Question 7

Clammy

Answer 7

Skin that is both cool and moist

Question 8

Close-ended questions

Answer 8

Often rapid fire type questions that requires a yes or no answer

Question 9

Conjunctiva

Answer 9

Mucous membranes that line the eyelid

Question 10

Constricted

Answer 10

Small may indicate a central nervous system disorder use of narcotics glaucoma medications or bright lit environment

Question 11

Cyanosis

Answer 11

Indicates inadequate oxygenation or poor perfusion. Gray color

Question 12

Diastolic blood pressure

Answer 12

Bottom number which is the amount of pressure on the artery walls while the ventricle is at rest and not contracting

Question 13

Dilated

Answer 13

Large may indicate the use of certain drugs including lsd amphetamines atropine and cocaine

Question 14

Flushing

Answer 14

May be a sign of heat exposure peripheral vasodilation or very late finding in carbon monoxide poisoning

Question 15

Jaundice

Answer 15

May indicate liver disease

Question 16

Mottling

Answer 16

Discoloration similar to cyanosis however it occurs as a blotchy pattern

Question 17

Open-ended question

Answer 17

Requires the patient to respond with a descriptive or more detailed answer

Question 18

OPQRST

Answer 18

A mnemonic for remembering the questions to ask when assessing the patients chief complaint or major symptoms such as pain that the patient can tell you about

Question 19

Orthostatic vital signs

Answer 19

Done by placing the patient in a supine position and measuring the blood pressure and heart rate

Question 20

Pallor

Answer 20

This my be a sign of extreme vasoconstriction blood loss or both

Question 21

Palpation

Answer 21

Feeling for the return of the pulse as the cuff is deflated

Question 22

Pulse oximeter

Answer 22

The device used to measure the level of hemoglobin saturated with oxygen

Question 23

Pulse oximetry

Answer 23

Method of measuring oxygen saturation levels in the blood

Question 24

Pulse pressure

Answer 24

Difference between the systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure is called

Question 25

Pulsus paradoxus

Answer 25

Decrease in the strength of the pulse during the inspiratory phase of the patient

Question 26

Sample history

Answer 26

Medical history of the patient that you gather by asking questions of the patient family and bystanders

Question 27

Signs

Answer 27

Are any objective physical evidence of medical or trauma conditions that you can see hear or feel or smell

Question 28

Sphygmomanometer

Answer 28

Blood pressure cuff

Question 29

Stridor

Answer 29

Harsh high pitched sound

Question 30

Symptoms

Answer 30

Are conditions that cannot be observed and must be described by the patient

Question 31

Systolic blood pressure

Answer 31

Top number of blood pressure which is the amount of pressure exerted on the walls of the arteries during the contraction and ejection of blood from the left ventricle

Question 32

Tachycardia

Answer 32

Adult patient heart rate greater then 100 bpm is termed

Question 33

Tilt test

Answer 33

Orthostatic vital signs test

Question 34

Vital signs

Answer 34

Signs of life outward signs that give clues to what is happening inside the body